[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 34 (Friday, February 18, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9603-9604]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-3764]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[2253-665]
Notice of Inventory Completion: Denver Museum of Nature &
Science, Denver, CO
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Denver Museum of Nature & Science has completed an
inventory of human remains, in consultation with the appropriate Indian
Tribes, and has determined that there is no cultural affiliation
between the remains and any present-day Tribe. Representatives of any
Indian Tribe that believes itself to be culturally affiliated with the
human remains may contact the museum. Disposition of the human remains
to the Tribes stated below may occur if no additional requestors come
forward.
DATES: Representatives of any Indian Tribe that believes it has a
cultural affiliation with the human remains should contact the museum
at the address below by March 21, 2011.
ADDRESSES: Any Tribe that believes it has a cultural affiliation with
the human remains should contact Dr. Chip Colwell-Chanthaphonh, Denver
Museum of Nature & Science, 2001 Colorado Blvd., Denver, CO 80205,
telephone (303) 370-6378.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is here given in accordance with the
Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25
U.S.C. 3003, of the completion of an inventory of human remains in the
possession of the Denver Museum of Nature & Science, Denver, CO. The
human remains were removed from an unknown location in Colorado.
This notice is published as part of the National Park Service's
administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 U.S.C. 3003(d)(3) and
43 CFR 10.11(d). The determinations in this notice are the sole
responsibility of the museum, institution, or Federal agency that has
control of the Native American human remains. The National Park Service
is not responsible for the determinations in this notice.
Consultation
A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by the Denver
Museum of Nature & Science professional staff in consultation with
representatives of the Apache Tribe of Oklahoma; Arapaho Tribe of the
Wind River Reservation, Wyoming; Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes, Oklahoma;
Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe of the Cheyenne River Reservation, South
Dakota; Comanche Nation, Oklahoma; Crow Creek Sioux Tribe of the Crow
Creek Reservation, South Dakota; Crow Tribe of Montana; Death Valley
Timbi-Sha Shoshone Band of California; Duckwater Shoshone Tribe of the
Duckwater Reservation, Nevada; Ely Shoshone Tribe of Nevada; Fort
McDermitt Paiute and Shoshone Tribes of the Fort McDermitt Indian
Reservation, Nevada and Oregon; Fort Sill Apache Tribe of Oklahoma;
Hopi Tribe of Arizona; Jicarilla Apache Nation, New Mexico; Kiowa
Indian Tribe of Oklahoma; Mescalero Apache Tribe of the Mescalero
Reservation, New Mexico; Navajo Nation, Arizona, New Mexico & Utah;
Northern Cheyenne Tribe of the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation,
Montana; Oglala Sioux Tribe of the Pine Ridge Reservation, South
Dakota; Ohkay Owingeh, New Mexico; Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah (Cedar
Band of Paiutes, Kanosh Band of Paiutes, Koosharem Band of Paiutes,
Indian Peaks Band of Paiutes, and Shivwits Band of Paiutes); Paiute-
Shoshone Indians of the Bishop Community of the Bishop Colony,
California; Paiute-Shoshone Indians of the Lone Pine Community of the
Lone Pine Reservation, California; Paiute-Shoshone Tribe of the Fallon
Reservation and Colony, Nevada; Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma; Pueblo of
Acoma, New Mexico; Pueblo of Cochiti, New Mexico; Pueblo of Isleta, New
Mexico; Pueblo of Jemez, New Mexico; Pueblo of Laguna, New Mexico;
Pueblo of Nambe, New Mexico; Pueblo of Picuris, New Mexico; Pueblo of
Pojoaque, New Mexico; Pueblo of San Felipe, New Mexico; Pueblo of San
Ildefonso, New Mexico; Pueblo of Sandia, New Mexico; Pueblo of Santa
Ana, New Mexico; Pueblo of Santa Clara, New Mexico; Pueblo of Santo
Domingo, New Mexico; Pueblo of Tesuque, New Mexico; Pueblo of Zia, New
Mexico; Rosebud Sioux Tribe of the Rosebud Indian Reservation, South
Dakota; San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe of Arizona; Shoshone Tribe of
the Wind River Reservation, Wyoming; Shoshone-Bannock Tribes of the
Fort Hall Reservation of Idaho; Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of the Duck
Valley Reservation, Nevada; Southern Ute Indian Tribe of the Southern
Ute Reservation, Colorado; Standing Rock Sioux Tribe of North & South
Dakota; Te-Moak Tribe of Western Shoshone Indians of Nevada (Four
constituent bands: Battle Mountain Band; Elko Band; South Fork Band and
Wells Band); Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation,
North Dakota; Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah & Ouray Reservation, Utah;
Ute Mountain Tribe of the Ute Mountain Reservation, Colorado, New
Mexico & Utah; Wichita and Affiliated Tribes (Wichita, Keechi, Waco &
Tawakonie), Oklahoma; Yomba Shoshone Tribe of the Yomba Reservation,
Nevada; Ysleta Del Sur Pueblo of Texas; and the Zuni Tribe of the Zuni
Reservation, New Mexico (hereinafter referred to as "The Tribes").
History and Description of the Remains
At an unknown date, human remains representing a minimum of one
individual were removed from a burial context at an unknown location in
Colorado. In 1975, the human remains were accessioned into the
collections (A1986.1 (CUI 14)). The remains include fragmentary cranial
remains of one adult of indeterminate sex. No known individual was
identified. No associated funerary objects are present.
Determinations Made by the Denver Museum
Based on non-destructive physical analysis and catalogue
records, the human remains are determined to be Native American.
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), that a relationship of
shared group identity cannot be reasonably traced between the Native
American human remains and any present-day Indian Tribe.
According to final judgment of the Indian Claims
Commission, the land from which the Native American human remains were
removed is the aboriginal land of the Arapahoe Tribe of the Wind River
Reservation, Wyoming; Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes, Oklahoma; Comanche
Nation, Oklahoma; Death Valley Timbi-Sha Shoshone Band of California;
Duckwater Shoshone Tribe of the Duckwater Reservation, Nevada; Ely
Shoshone Tribe of Nevada; Fort McDermitt Paiute and Shoshone Tribes of
the Fort McDermitt Indian Reservation, Nevada and Oregon; Jicarilla
Apache Nation, New Mexico; Kiowa Indian Tribe of Oklahoma; Navajo
Nation, Arizona, New Mexico & Utah; Northern Cheyenne Tribe of the
Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation, Montana; Paiute-Shoshone Indians
of the Bishop Community of the Bishop Colony, California; Paiute-
Shoshone
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Indians of the Lone Pine Community of the Lone Pine Reservation,
California; Paiute-Shoshone Tribe of the Fallon Reservation and Colony,
Nevada; Shoshone Tribe of the Wind River Reservation, Wyoming;
Shoshone-Bannock Tribes of the Fort Hall Reservation of Idaho;
Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valley Reservation, Nevada; Southern
Ute Indian Tribe of the Southern Ute Reservation, Colorado; Te-Moak
Tribe of Western Shoshone Indians of Nevada; Ute Indian Tribe of the
Uintah & Ouray Reservation, Utah; Ute Mountain Tribe of the Ute
Mountain Reservation, Colorado, New Mexico & Utah; and Yomba Shoshone
Tribe of the Yomba Reservation, Nevada.
Multiple lines of evidence, including treaties, Acts of
Congress, and Executive Orders, indicate that the land from which the
Native American human remains were removed is the aboriginal land of
the Arapahoe Tribe of the Wind River Reservation, Wyoming; Cheyenne and
Arapaho Tribes, Oklahoma; Comanche Nation, Oklahoma; Death Valley
Timbi-Sha Shoshone Band of California; Duckwater Shoshone Tribe of the
Duckwater Reservation, Nevada; Ely Shoshone Tribe of Nevada; Fort
McDermitt Paiute and Shoshone Tribes of the Fort McDermitt Indian
Reservation, Nevada and Oregon; Kiowa Indian Tribe of Oklahoma;
Northern Cheyenne Tribe of the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation,
Montana; Paiute-Shoshone Indians of the Bishop Community of the Bishop
Colony, California; Paiute-Shoshone Indians of the Lone Pine Community
of the Lone Pine Reservation, California; Paiute-Shoshone Tribe of the
Fallon Reservation and Colony, Nevada; Shoshone Tribe of the Wind River
Reservation, Wyoming; Shoshone-Bannock Tribes of the Fort Hall
Reservation of Idaho; Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valley
Reservation, Nevada; Southern Ute Indian Tribe of the Southern Ute
Reservation, Colorado; Te-Moak Tribe of Western Shoshone Indians of
Nevada; Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah & Ouray Reservation, Utah; Ute
Mountain Tribe of the Ute Mountain Reservation, Colorado, New Mexico &
Utah; and Yomba Shoshone Tribe of the Yomba Reservation, Nevada.
Other credible lines of evidence, including consultation
with Tribal representatives, indicate that the land from which the
Native American human remains were removed is the aboriginal land of
the Apache Tribe of Oklahoma; Arapahoe Tribe of the Wind River
Reservation, Wyoming; Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes, Oklahoma; Cheyenne
River Sioux Tribe of the Cheyenne River Reservation, South Dakota;
Comanche Nation, Oklahoma; Crow Creek Sioux Tribe of the Crow Creek
Reservation, South Dakota; Crow Tribe of Montana; Fort Sill Apache
Tribe of Oklahoma; Hopi Tribe of Arizona; Jicarilla Apache Nation, New
Mexico; Kiowa Indian Tribe of Oklahoma; Mescalero Apache Tribe of the
Mescalero Reservation, New Mexico; Navajo Nation, Arizona, New Mexico &
Utah; Northern Cheyenne Tribe of the Northern Cheyenne Indian
Reservation, Montana; Oglala Sioux Tribe of the Pine Ridge Reservation,
South Dakota; Ohkay Owingeh, New Mexico; Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah;
Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma; Pueblo of Acoma, New Mexico; Pueblo of
Cochiti, New Mexico; Pueblo of Isleta, New Mexico; Pueblo of Jemez, New
Mexico; Pueblo of Laguna, New Mexico; Pueblo of Nambe, New Mexico;
Pueblo of Picuris, New Mexico; Pueblo of Pojoaque, New Mexico; Pueblo
of San Felipe, New Mexico; Pueblo of San Ildefonso, New Mexico; Pueblo
of Sandia, New Mexico; Pueblo of Santa Ana, New Mexico; Pueblo of Santa
Clara, New Mexico; Pueblo of Santo Domingo, New Mexico; Pueblo of
Tesuque, New Mexico; Pueblo of Zia, New Mexico; Rosebud Sioux Tribe of
the Rosebud Indian Reservation, South Dakota; San Juan Southern Paiute
Tribe of Arizona; Shoshone Tribe of the Wind River Reservation,
Wyoming; Shoshone-Bannock Tribes of the Fort Hall Reservation of Idaho;
Southern Ute Indian Tribe of the Southern Ute Reservation, Colorado;
Standing Rock Sioux Tribe of North & South Dakota; Three Affiliated
Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation, North Dakota; Ute Indian Tribe
of the Uintah & Ouray Reservation, Utah; Ute Mountain Tribe of the Ute
Mountain Reservation, Colorado, New Mexico & Utah; Wichita and
Affiliated Tribes (Wichita, Keechi, Waco & Tawakonie), Oklahoma; Ysleta
Del Sur Pueblo of Texas; and the Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation,
New Mexico.
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described
above represent the physical remains of one individual of Native
American ancestry.
Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1),t the disposition of the
human remains is to The Tribes.
Additional Requestors and Disposition
Representatives of any Indian Tribe that believes itself to be
culturally affiliated with the human remains or any other Indian Tribe
that believes it satisfies the criteria in 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1) should
contact Dr. Chip Colwell-Chanthaphonh, Denver Museum of Nature &
Science, 2001 Colorado Blvd., Denver, CO 80205, telephone (303) 370-
6378, before March 21, 2011. Disposition of the human remains to The
Tribes may proceed after that date if no additional requestors come
forward.
The Denver Museum of Nature & Science is responsible for notifying
The Tribes that this notice has been published.
Dated: February 15, 2011.
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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